1. In May 2024, the high-profile grassland-themed mini-series "My Altay" will appear on the stage of the Beijing Film Festival for the first time, among which Ma Yili's exquisite "grassland makeup" detonated the audience's enthusiastic follow-up!
In May 2024, the Beijing Film Festival, which countless fans have been waiting for, will open as scheduled. Among the many works, the mini-series "My Altay", adapted from Li Juan's famous collection of essays, is unique, attracting countless eager eyes with its unique perspective on the prairie and its unfamiliar and literary plot.
What's even more intriguing is that there is a familiar and fresh face in this series. When the trailer plays, Ma Yili's figure jumps on the screen, her messy short hair, dark and chapped skin, and obvious wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, making people wonder if the person in front of her is still the radiant queen of the past.
However, she was full of calmness, smiling and narrowing her eyes, and a pair of silver earrings on her ears sparkling in the sun, showing the pure prairie style.
"This is Ma Yili?" "What did she go through to become like this?" The audience let out exclamations one after another, deeply shocked by her unexpected "self-destructive image".
It turns out that Ma Yili, who has always been regarded as a bland in the entertainment industry, has actually emerged in another field and is as popular as ever! She plays a grassland mother in the play, which perfectly integrates with all the people and scenes around her, showing the most real and simple life atmosphere.
A drama critic praised it: "Ma Yili's wonderful performance of 'self-destructing image' will undoubtedly bring a strong impact to the entertainment industry and prove to everyone what it means to 'use life' to perform."
The director also revealed that the original intention of choosing Ma Yili for the role was precisely because of the delicate and nuanced emotional control ability she showed in her previous works, and only she could perfectly present this complex mother figure.
As the audience said, Ma Yili's unexpected "grassland appearance" completely subverted her image in film and television dramas in the past, which caused the audience to be amazed. Some people even boldly predict that in the future, she will become another outstanding representative of the Chinese film industry who shows the power of women with excellent acting skills, just like "Aquaman" Haiqing.
2. The ups and downs of Ma Yili's career as an actor
Do you remember that as early as 1987, when Ma Yili was only 17 years old, she was fortunate to become the heroine of the movie "The Story of the Rebellious Master Liu Haisu".
Since then, Ma Yili has ignited endless enthusiasm and longing for the glamorous profession of an actor.
In the following year, Ma Yili rose to the challenge and was successfully admitted to the Performance Department of Shanghai Theater Academy, officially embarking on the journey of pursuing her dreams. In college, she came to prominence with the campus idol drama "Vacuum Love Record", and the image of "Xia Wenxin" created by her was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, making people full of expectations for her future.
Time came to 1992, shortly after Ma Yili graduated, he entered the showbiz with his starring role in his debut film "Glass is Transparent", and attracted the attention of the well-known director Guan Hu. Guan Hu tailor-made the 1995 movie "Xi Shi Eye" for her, and since then, Ma Yili has become famous in the film industry.
However, what really made her well-known in the Chinese-speaking region was undoubtedly the role of "Xia Ziwei" that she brilliantly performed in "Huanzhu Gege Part III" in 1999. Ma Yili showed her delicate and nuanced acting skills through this role, giving this woman with a complex personality a vivid vitality with natural and smooth expressiveness, and became a hot idol star.
Just when her career was booming, in 2005, Ma Yili fell in love with the article while filming the TV series "Jinyiwei". Although the status of the two was very different at that time, and the article was still a newcomer, Ma Yili was deeply attracted by this resolute and hardworking young man.
Since then, the two have been inseparable in the crew of "Struggle", and the article has become popular overnight. Although this "sister-brother relationship" was controversial, they still tied the knot in 2008, and the article named their daughter "Wen Aima" to express their deep affection for his wife.
However, good times are always short-lived, and in 2010, the scandal of cheating Yao Di was exposed, and Ma Yili was breastfeeding at this time. Although she once wanted to divorce, she finally chose to be tolerant and stuck to the family until 2019, when this marriage came to an end.
3. Underrated acting skills in "Flowers".
Although Ma Yili is already well-known in the entertainment industry, her strength in acting skills is often ignored or even underestimated by the audience. Taking the high-profile TV series "Flowers" in 2022 as an example, Ma Yikun's role as "Lingzi" in the play left people with the impression of being pretentious, deliberately flashy, and calculating.
What's more noteworthy is that she also competes on the same stage in the plot with two current smash hit actresses - Tang Yan and Xin Zhilei. Tang Yan's image of "Miss Wang" is strong and resolute, daring to challenge authority; Xin Zhilei interpreted her role of "Li Li" with a delicate and charming style, and the two of them undoubtedly won the enthusiastic pursuit of the audience.
In comparison, Ma Yili's "Reiko" role is bland and difficult to resonate with the audience.
Many viewers even bluntly pointed out that Ma Yili's performance in "Flowers" is simply "copying and pasting" her roles such as "Luo Zijun" in "My First Half of Life" and "Miss Li" in "The Myth of Love".
is also the kind of middle-aged woman who is shrewd and capable on the surface, but deep down she is full of emotional frustration and loses her direction in life.
However, the fact is that Ma Yili's portrayal of the role of "Reiko" can be described as incisive. Through a series of delicate performances, such as the tearful but pretending to be strong when reuniting with her old lover, she vividly shows the inner contradictions and struggles of Reiko's character.
Ma Yili is often underestimated precisely because her acting skills are so natural and fluid that audiences often ignore the skills contained in them, and thus miss out on her elaborate performances.
An excellent work is often because it has reached the realm of "natural", so that the audience cannot perceive the hard work behind the actors.
With the popularity of "Flowers", the audience finally realized that Ma Yili's portrayal of "Reiko", a female character with a bad personality, is so deep and touching. Many people began to reflect that perhaps we had been too rash in our evaluation of the veteran actor's acting skills.
Part 4: A flashback chapter of revitalizing your career after a divorce
Although Ma Yili's outstanding acting skills in "Flowers" were once underestimated, she was not discouraged by this, but regained her love and fighting spirit for her career with the help of this work.
In 2019, she and her husband finally chose to divorce after nine years of marriage. For a middle-aged woman who has been through two marriages, this is undoubtedly a heavy blow.
However, Ma Yili did not let this hold back or stop her. On the contrary, shortly after the divorce, she decisively put herself into work and worked together to create the well-known phenomenal TV series "The First Half of My Life".
Ma Yili's role of "Luo Zijun" in the play is deeply loved by the audience and is highly praised! The audience praised Ma Yili for vividly interpreting the image of this middle-aged woman who looks shrewd and capable on the surface, but in fact has long lost the motivation of life in her heart, delicately revealing Luo Zijun's deep contradictions and struggles.
Then, in the hit "Flowers" in 2022, Ma Yili raised his superb acting skills to a new level. Although she was once snubbed and questioned by the audience, the final presentation of the series shocked everyone, and her precise and delicate grasp of the emotions of the complex character "Reiko" is breathtaking.
Some commentators praised: "It is with the role of 'Reiko' in "Flowers" that Ma Yili successfully rejuvenated her once buried acting skills. Since then, no one has dared to underestimate her strength.
Now, Ma Yili once again challenges herself, boldly subverts the previous screen image in her new work "My Altay", and vividly interprets the inner world of a simple mother with a unique "grassland appearance".
She completely got rid of the gorgeous and impetuous film and television image of the past, showing an actress's tireless pursuit and dedication to her artistic career.
After the divorce, Ma Yili is gradually moving towards another new peak in her career. With her excellent acting skills and determination to break through herself, she has forcefully proved that she is no longer the neglected "she" in the past, but a performance master who truly stands at the top of the entertainment industry.
Fifth, the different direction from the article and Yao Di
Compared with Ma Yili's tenacity and bravery, the article (Ma Yili's ex-husband) and Yao Di (the third party who intervened in the article's marriage) have taken completely different directions on the road of career development.
It all started in 2010, when the article's relationship with Yao Di was exposed by the media, and Ma Yili was breastfeeding at this time. This undoubtedly brought her a huge blow, and she even considered divorcing the article at one point, but in the end she chose tolerance and stuck to the family.
Mr. Wen deeply reflected and made a review of the "four guiltes", and solemnly promised to start anew. However, fate mercilessly ridiculed his determination, and after the scandal was exposed, the article's image and popularity in the entertainment industry declined rapidly like Waterloo, and the once overwhelming job invitations receded like a tide, and overnight, he became a "cheating scumbag" that everyone avoided.
There is only one drama to be filmed a year, and sometimes you can't find a job for a whole year, which has become the daily life of the article. The former Xiaosheng style is gone, his career has fallen into an unprecedented predicament, and no one dares to use this scandal star who caused a storm due to a slip of the tongue again.
The same encounter with the article is also the Yao Di who once touched people's hearts under the redwood tree. After being revealed as a third party, Yao Di's development path in the entertainment industry was almost completely blocked.
Years later, she finally decided to become a director, but no one wanted to support or endorse the work of someone who had ruined another person's marriage.
Although she can barely attract some attention with the help of the scandalous character of "Third Sister", it is even more difficult to rebuild her professional reputation and value.
In contrast, although Ms. Ma Yili also suffered injuries and fell into a downturn at the time, she chose to be tolerant and forgiving in order to maintain the integrity of her family, thus winning time and opportunity to regain her strength.
From "The First Half of My Life" to "Flowers", and now to the wonderful interpretation of "Altay", Ma Yili has successfully become the biggest winner in this scandal with her own strength.
VI. Conclusion
Looking back on Ms. Ma Yili's career as an actor over the past decades, she has experienced all kinds of hardships such as being underestimated, hurt, and questioned, but in the end, she overcame all difficulties with her excellent acting skills and unwavering perseverance and climbed to a new peak in her career.
At first, Ma Yili gradually grew from a 17-year-old drama queen to a well-known and powerful actor through steady and solid efforts. However, just as her career was in full swing, her private life was hit hard by the scandal of "article cheating Yao Di", which made her fall into a low point in her life for a while.
Fortunately, Ma Yili finally chose forgiveness and stuck to the family, buying herself precious time and opportunity to rejoin her career. "The First Half of My Life" provided her with a stage for her to rise again, and the superb acting skills in "Flowers" gave the audience a new understanding of her.
Now, in the hit mini-series "My Altay", we are fortunate to witness Ma Yili use her unique and shocking "grassland style" to successfully subvert the audience's existing impression of her past roles.
This kind of bold acting skills that do not hesitate to challenge oneself in the "self-harm" style is bound to have a profound impact on the entire entertainment industry, and effectively proves to the world what it means to do one's best and even "use one's life" to express the performance spirit of the character!
The directors of the crew also unabashedly said that they firmly chose Ma Yili to interpret this mother role full of complex emotions from the beginning, precisely because she deeply moved him with her delicate emotional control shown in her previous works.
This is undoubtedly the supreme recognition and praise of Ma Yili's professionalism and outstanding talent!
Now, with her unremitting efforts and exquisite skills, Ma Yili has finally climbed to the pinnacle of her acting career and embarked on a road of no return to the road of performing arts masters.
Following the high-profile "Aquaman" Haiqing, she will undoubtedly become another outstanding representative of the Chinese film industry to demonstrate the resilience of women with outstanding performances.
This story about how an excellent actress achieves self-breakthrough and growth undoubtedly provides an important revelation for the entire entertainment industry: you can never underestimate the profound skills and strong strength of a senior actor.